Oak Glen Training Ride

A couple of weekends ago Derek and I headed out for a road ride. The goals were to cover a couple of climbs we had never done before which were to be in one of the races later this year. One of the trails is the infamous Jack Rabbit Trail. As it turns out a MTB would have been a better choice. It is an unused road (ascends for 300m maybe). The pavement is all cracked in many places missing altogether. There are pot-holes and gravel to deal with and some dirt. Sure was a different experience doing this on little tires and lightweight road bikes. We made it fine but will not do it again until we need to in the race. I punish the bike enough mashing away at the pedals on normal climbs.

Next up was the backside of the Oak Glen climb. It is much steeper and more sustained than the other way. It was a hard climb and I ended up taking it slow towards the end not feeling too well. Not sure if it was a new energy drink I was trying or the carrot Cliff Bar. Maybe I just pushed it too much. Anyway there was snow all round the pass up there and was kinda cool to be around. The downhill was wicked. Some big fast sweeping bends. So much fun. We were to go further but both of us cramped up real bad so we headed home, stopping for Mexican on the way at Chipoltle.